Where: Jamaica (18.2° N, 78.2° W: paleocoordinates 18.8° N, 72.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: No lithostratigraphic details reported in text. AGE: Maastrichtian in text; justification of age not reported. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: List representative of formation in local area.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
• COLLECTOR: Not reported in text. REPOSITORY: Not stated, but presumably the USNM as collection locality is USGS registered.
Primary reference: R. Baron-szabo. 2002. pers. comm. [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 27647: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 17.12.2002, edited by Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Asteroidea | |
Astropectinidae indet. Gray 1840 sea star | |
Anthozoa | |
"Cricocyathus grumi" = Pattalophyllia grumi
"Cricocyathus grumi" = Pattalophyllia grumi Catullo 1852 stony coral | |
Multicolumnastraea cyathiformis Duncan 1865 stony coral | |
Actinastrea hexaphylla Quenstedt 1881 stony coral
Actinastrea exigua Alloiteau 1954 stony coral | |
Stylophora octophylla Felix 1906 stony coral | |
Barysmilia trechmanni Wells 1934 stony coral | |
Liptodendron nefiana Oppenheim 1930 stony coral
Dictuophyllia conferticostata Vaughan 1899 stony coral
Antiguastrea cellulosa Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
"Ovalastrea gregoryi" = Favia gregoryi
"Ovalastrea gregoryi" = Favia gregoryi Wells 1935 stony coral | |
Aulosmilia aspera Sowerby 1832 stony coral | |
Actinhelia elegans, Elephantaria lindstroemi, Actinacis reussi, "Actinacis multipartita" = Actinacis martiniana
Actinhelia elegans Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Elephantaria lindstroemi Oppenheim 1930 stony coral
Actinacis reussi Oppenheim 1930 stony coral
"Actinacis multipartita" = Actinacis martiniana d’Orbigny 1850 stony coral | |
Goniopora imperatoris Vaughan 1919 stony coral | |
"Paracycloseris elizabethae" = Paracycloseris nariensis
"Paracycloseris elizabethae" = Paracycloseris nariensis Duncan 1880 stony coral | |
"Fungiastraea exigua" = Palaeosiderofungia exigua Reuss 1854 stony coral
Siderofungia bella Reuss 1864 stony coral
Siderastrea adkinsi Wells 1934 stony coral | |
Gyrodendron boltonae Wells 1934 stony coral | |
"Cyathoseris senessei" = Cyathoseris catadupensis
"Cyathoseris senessei" = Cyathoseris catadupensis Vaughan 1899 stony coral | |
Polytremacis partschi, "Polytremacis cf. edwardsana" = Heliopora radiata
Polytremacis partschi Reuss 1854
"Polytremacis cf. edwardsana" = Heliopora radiata Orbigny 1850 |